No I’m not. I have most certainly heard of neoliberalism. What I’m now thinking is “there are certainly things it can be blamed for, but why on earth are you blaming neoliberalism for Donald Trump?”
oh, is this it?
Trump was not elected only or even primarily by blue-collar folks whose jobs had been shipped out of the country. That’s a myth. Quite a lot of people who were financially comfortable, even rich, voted for Trump. Quite a lot of blue-collar and otherwise poor people voted for Clinton.
Broken down by income bracket, 52% of voters earning less than $50,000 a year – who make up 36% of the electorate – voted for Clinton, and 41% for Trump.
But among the 64% of American voters who earn more than $50,000 a year, 49% chose Trump, and 47% Clinton.